For starters, the ladies are wearing a bit more makeup that one would expect, given that the all-black chef's whites suggest they are gearing up for a long night in the kitchen. Nobody wants foundation in their pot-au-feu, and red lipstick on the soup spoon is a no-no. The hair, also, is a bit much, especially the flowing tresses of Allison Vines-Rushing. Blame Bon App's stylists, not the chefs. So, naturally, I assumed the short shrift Grub St. referred to was the insistence on praising female chefs by tarting them up in an unchefly way. They are not wearing those damn Food Net scoopnecks, but it does seem like a different treatment than male chefs would get. So, like, yay Grub St. for speaking out against the relentless objectification of women.